Intentions to Marry, 1908 Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840436, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1908 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1908a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1908b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1908c).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1908 Registrar Edmund Humphrey Lyons

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

8 January 1908

Charles Vincent Stringer
Clara Mildred Logan

Charles Vincent Stinger
Clara Mildred Logan
💍 1908/1819

Bachelor
Spinster

Seedsman

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
21 years

Methodist Church, Otahuhu

08/1906

8 January 1908

Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

No	25
Date of Notice	8 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Vincent Stringer	Clara Mildred Logan
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Vincent Stinger	Clara Mildred Logan
	💍 1908/1819
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seedsman
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Otahuhu
Folio	08/1906
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

8 January 1908

Edward Folie Wilton
Sarah Elizabeth Nightingale

Edward Jollie
Sarah Elizabeth Nightingale
💍 1908/109

Widower
Widow

Gentleman

36
33

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
2 years

St. Paul's Cathedral, Parnell

08/70

8 January 1908

Rev. H. Sutton, Church of England

No	26
Date of Notice	8 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Folie Wilton	Sarah Elizabeth Nightingale
BDM Match (76%)	Edward Jollie	Sarah Elizabeth Nightingale
	💍 1908/109
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Gentleman
Age	36	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	08/70
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Sutton, Church of England

9 January 1908

James Walker Munday
Anna Fred Morrison

James Walter Munday
Anna Grey Morrison
💍 1908/190

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
1 year

House of father, Vauxhall Road, Devonport

08/158

9 January 1908

Rev. J. R. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	27
Date of Notice	9 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Walker Munday	Anna Fred Morrison
BDM Match (92%)	James Walter Munday	Anna Grey Morrison
	💍 1908/190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 year
Marriage Place	House of father, Vauxhall Road, Devonport
Folio	08/158
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Bertram, Presbyterian

9 January 1908

James Daniel Spragg
Lilian Kelly

James Daniel Spragg
Lillian Scelly
💍 1908/7491

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
19 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Road

08/6105

James Kelly, father

9 January 1908

Rev. A. Thompson, Primitive Methodist

No	28
Date of Notice	9 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Daniel Spragg	Lilian Kelly
BDM Match (89%)	James Daniel Spragg	Lillian Scelly
	💍 1908/7491
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Road
Folio	08/6105
Consent	James Kelly, father
Date of Certificate	9 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Thompson, Primitive Methodist

10 January 1908

Arthur Wilbert Short
Amy Amelia Harris

Arthur Wilbert Short
Annie Amelia Hains
💍 1908/146

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
25 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

08/87

10 January 1908

Rev. B. Reeve, Church of England

No	29
Date of Notice	10 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Wilbert Short	Amy Amelia Harris
BDM Match (81%)	Arthur Wilbert Short	Annie Amelia Hains
	💍 1908/146
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/87
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Reeve, Church of England

10 January 1908

William Hussey
Evelyn Elsie Bowles

William Hussey
Evelyn Elsie Bowles
💍 1908/230

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

43
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
9 months

House of Mr. Stewart, Mount Albert

08/203

10 January 1908

Rev. W. B. Oliver, Methodist

No	30
Date of Notice	10 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hussey	Evelyn Elsie Bowles
	💍 1908/230
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	43	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	9 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Stewart, Mount Albert
Folio	08/203
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. B. Oliver, Methodist

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).